Technological Infrastructure Policy

An Introduction to Technological Infrastructure and Technological Infrastructure Policy.- I. Underpinnings.- Technological Infrastructure Policy (TIP): Creating Capabilities and Building Markets.- Infratechnologies and Economic Growth.- Information Distribution and the Growth of Economically Valuable Knowledge: A Rationale for Technological Infrastructure Policies.- Technological Infrastructure in Information Technology Industries.- Government Technology Procurement as an Instrument of Technology Policy.- II. TIP for Leading-Edge Industries.- The Design of High-Technology Consortia: Lessons from SEMATECH.- Biotechnology and Advanced Technological Infrastructure Policies: The Example of the UK’s Protein Engineering Club.- Generic R&D Collaboration Between Firms: The Israeli Experience.- III. TIP for SMEs in Established Industries.- Transfer of Technology to Small and Medium Enterprises (SMEs): Conceptual Changes and Lessons from the Two Banks of the Rhine.- Modernizing Small Manufacturers in the United States and Japan: Public Technological Infrastructures and Strategies.- Modernizing Manufacturing: Consultancy, Advisory, and Extension Services to Improve Small Business Performance.